On the recordNovember 20, 2003
Well, I look forward to a few minutes of a colloquy here. And if I might begin, one of the issues I heard consistently, and especially from the doctor community, as well as from their patients, was this issue that surrounds the doctor reimbursement rates that we have been dealing with; and the fact that because of apparently low reimbursement rates, many doctors have literally been forced to not accept any more Medicare patients, against their own better wishes, their own training, the oath I think they took. They simply found themselves, I am told, in a position that they cannot take any more patients. I even had a constituent recently tell me that when her husband became Medicare eligible, he was told he would have to go find someone else to be his doctor. Now, is that the case? And if indeed it is the case, I ask the gentleman, are we addressing it in this legislation?
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